New powder and recycled powder supply management techniques for 3D printers

摘要

The examples disclosed herein relate to managing new powder and recycled powder feeds in 3D printers. In one implementation, the processor estimates new powder usage, recycled powder usage, and recycled powder generation by the 3D printer based on the set of print jobs. The processor may adjust the new powder resources and the recycled powder resources based on the powder estimation and information stored about the powder resources.